Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3366, William Flewellin, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6.
Flewelling, William Flewelling or
S 3366
Born in Pa.
barded
CONTENTS

Death: not
on A. B.
26679
West Tennessee
William Flewellen
enrolled in the State of Tennessee
as a private in the company commanded
by Captain Wagoner of the regt - commanded
by Colonel ... in the ...
for 2 years
* Wm. Flewellen. Records etc.
Feb. 24 '34
Enrolled on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of April 1834 and 2 Benton Huntington
Years to the 4th of March $40.00 Trans. allowance ending Sept 40.00 $280.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Vol. 7 Page 78

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 The State of Tennessee } On this tenth day of Carol County } September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held in and for the County of Grain  Grain in the State of Tennessee - it being the last  first day of the September Term of the said Court now sitting William Flewellen aged a resident of the County of Carol in the State of Tennessee aged about seventy nine years old on the 21 st day of April next who being first duly sworn according to law with an his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
This Declarant states that he entered the service of the United States in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the months of January or February as a Volunteer private and for the term of two years and a half and joined the Third Regiment of the North Carolina Centennial line in the commanded by Colonel James  the afterwards General Sumner This Declarant states that he had no sooner joined this Regiment than he was appointed Wagon Master and of course became attached to no Company or Battalion. Col. William H. Alston was the Lieutenant Colonel the Major was by the name of Lee  Lee  W  H  West from North Hampton County in said State - the Captains were Eaton, Brinkley and Turner the others this Declarant does not now recollect. This Declarant

states that he served out this term of service and handed over his appointment to the Quarter Master General - Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the  the  Colonel  Colonel  the Declarant further states that he was born in the State of Virginia in Prince George County and at the age of about ten years moved with his Parents to Halifax County in the State of North Carolina that he joined the aforesaid Regiment at the Town of Halifax in the said County and State and from thence marched to the City of Charleston and was there for about eight or nine months and marched from thence to the City of Savannah - General Charles Lee was commander in chief at both places. This was anterior to General Lincoln's command in the South -
This Declarant so further states that he was present at the Battle of Sullivan's Island for but being attached to the Staff he did not participate in that Battle -
This Declarant now states that after the expiration of this term of service he returned home to Halifax County. he  and raised in the said County a Company of Volunteer Infantry Cavalry of which he took the command as Captain being duly commissioned as such by the then constituted authorities and which Commission he has since lost never supposing it would have been of any value to him - This Declarant states that he commanded this Company for about two years though the privates only volunteered for three months and as their term of service expired he would re-enlist his company with fresh Volunteers -

This Declarant states that this Company was styled the Volunteer Company of the County of said Wallis and was under the immediate command of the Colonel of the County who was Colonel John Branch and the father Father of the late Secretary of the Navy and who received his instructions and orders from the Commanding General of that district. These orders frequently commanded this Declarant and his company to reconnoitre without the limits of the County and to go wherever the commanding General through the Colonel of the County should order us - During this term of service this Declarant was not attached to the regular Army consequently can not establish by any regular  officer his service in this last term by any officer of the Regular Army - nor do he knows of any living person by whom he can establish the facts set forth in this Declarant Declaration nor has he any Documentary evidence by which he can establish the same. He was in no regular action thereby frequent skirmishes with the enemy under this last term he merely relinquishes any claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any the Agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed J. M. Fleming on open Court the day and year aforesaid
Edward Gwin Clerk ELK
And the said Declarant
William Redman - in acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Henderson Cabal and Samuel J. Restit - in the District

do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Flewellen who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of twenty eight years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have in the Revolutionary army first in the Regular army as a Major and afterwards a Captain of Volunteer Company of Militia Cavalry as set forth in his Declaration by him and that we concur in that opinion
William Flewellen  in  open Court
Sworn and subscribed in  open Court the day and year aforesaid. of Edward Brinsfield
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary officer and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Redman is an acting justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and who has signed the preceding certificate and that Samuel G. Nesbitt who has also signed the same is a resident of the said County and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit given under our hands and seals in open Court the day and year
before said Hugh Hill Harvey Wright J. B. Armstrong J. D. Beall

10 yrs & 200
Carroll County and that their statement is entitled to credit. =
Henry Wright J.P. J.B. Armstrong J.P. Wilson Nesbitt J.P. Justices of the peace for Carroll County
Questions by the Court.
1 st Where and in what year were you born? Ans. I was born in Prince George County, Va. on 21 st of April 1754.
2 nd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live? = Ans In Halifax Co. St. L. = since the War in N.C. til '96 when he removed to this State in Robertson City until 1824 since which he has lived in this County. =
3 rd Have you any Record of your age & if so when is it? Ans He has one, which is now at his house in this County. =
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Ans. I was a Volunteer in the N. Carolina Continental Line, previous to my appointment of Wagon Master.
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service =
Ans. The (Declarant) thinks with due deference he has mentioned the general circumstances of his service, in his foregoing (Declaration), the names of Regular Officers, Colonel Sethso Sumner, Lieut Col Wm. Abston & Major Lockhart, and Capt

to the rank of Captain, amounting to time he was elected till October 1781 . amounting to 2 years service . The two campaigns added together making in all 4 years and six months service , for which he claims a pension. He now again will again respectfully, state that Hee has no documentary evidence and that, he knows of no person now living of the 3 d Regiment N.C. Continental Line who has a personal knowledge of his service , = nor of the troops whom he commanded in Halifax Co. N. Carolina. Hee hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. There is no clergyman residing near, him none that he can procure. Sworn to and subscribed the day 11 th Dec r 1811 and year aforesaid. William H. Herring Edward Gwin Clerk B Thos. A. Hawkins N.C.
Mr Saml. Nesbitt and John Morgan all presiding in the County and State aforesaid, ( the being the gymn signing ) do hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with William Herring who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be about Eighty years of age in April next ensuing, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. = Sworn to and subscribed, the day 11 th Dec r 1811 and year aforesaid Saml. Nesbitt John Morgan Edward Gwin Clerk B Thos. A. Hawkins N.C.
And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the in- terrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. = And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Saml. Nesbitt and the foregoing certificate, John Morgan - who have signed, are residents of

M m Plewell Carroll Co. Tennessee
J. R. Plewell
F 1776 p. 87 #80.
can only allow as above
J. Benton Jr. Huntingdon Tenn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of W m Flemellen
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 2 6 Wagon Master Col Dummer. 79 M.C Traditionary   2 Captain Col Branch   Unless the applicant can prove that he served as a Captain & Wagon Master he can only be allowed the pay of a private.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I,                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                      years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

August 14, 1939.
Marybelle Delamar Box 305 Raleigh, North Carolina.
am BA-J/ILL William Flewellin S. 3366
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Flewellin, a pensioner of Carroll County, Tennessee, in 1832, and James Turner, a pensioner of Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1832.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War pensioners. The record of William Flewellin follows, as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 3366.
records - should have been
William Flewellin (as he signed his name) was born April 21, 1754 in Prince George County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not given. At the time of the Revolutionary War, he resided in Halifax, North Carolina.
He entered service about February 1776, as a wagon master under Quartermaster General, Nicholas Long, was attached to the 3 rd North Carolina regiment under command of Colonel Jethro Sumner, drove from Halifax to Wilmington, thence to Charleston, South Carolina, and was there at the time of the battle on Sullivan's Island, afterwards proceeded to Savannah, Georgia, and returned home to Halifax about August 1779. Sometime later in 1779, he was "elected" captain of a company of militia in Halifax County, North Carolina; he served in that capacity under command of Colonel John Branch on different tours in 1780 and 1781, engaged against the Tories, was in frequent skirmishes, was wounded by a sabre on his head just before the surrender of Cornwallis, was paroled and returned home.
William Flewellin was allowed pension on his application

executed September 10, 1833, at which time he resided in Carroll County, Tennessee. He had moved there in 1824 from Robertson County, Tennessee, to which county he had moved in 1796 from North Carolina. His name was borne on the pension roll as William Flewellen. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
William Flewellen Certificate #26679 Issued April 25, 1834 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1939. Aug. 1 st Hist. to Marykell Delamar - 122.
Rev. Wm
3366 INVALID.
File No. 3366
William Flewellen
* Pot. N.C. line
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]
W m Flewellin. Records corrected. Feb'y 24 th 04 Arnold

RECORDS.
CHANGE TO BE MADE.
CORRECT.
State, Tenn.
S. File No. 3366
Class, Invalid
Name, Wm. Flewellin
Service, N. Co.
INCORRECT.
Wm. Flewellin
F. M. McWhorter
Feby 24, 1904.
Company, Regiment, &c., should be invariably specified.

I Edward Gwin Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Carroll in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of William Flewellen for a pension under the Act of the Congress of the United States passed June the 7 th 1832
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal as Officer the tenth day of September 1832 Edward Gwin Clerk Questions by the Court
1 st Where and in what year were you born Answer In Prince George County Virginia in 1752 2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Ans r It is now at my house in this County -
Question Where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since the Revolutionary war - and where do you now live
Answer I was living in Halifax County North Carolina I moved to Robertson County in this State and afterwards to Carroll County my place of abode -
State the names of the some of the Regular officers where you served and with whom you served. Such continental and militia Regiments and the general circumstances of your Service as a soldier - I volunteered as before stated and joined the Third Regiment of the North Carolina Contimental line

it being the third Regiment & commanded by Col. Peter Sumner afterwards General Sumner the Regular officers were 1 st William Olston the Lieutenant Colonel. the Major was _____ Lockhart. the Captains now recollected were Eaton Brinkley and Turner - In his second tour of service he states that his orders proceeded from John Branch the Colonel of the County of Halifax the same being commu- nicated to this Declarant from the commanding general through him - the circumstances of my service are fully detailed in the body of this Declaration -
Wm Flewellin
Attest 01971 CLK.
FLEWELLIN, WILLIAM (N.C.) S-3366

Hilliardston N.C. 13 th February -
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Mr William Shuellen Huntingdon P.O. Carrol County T. S.

Hilliardston N.C.
15 th February 1834
Dear Sir
I have this Instant rec d a letter which was directed to Etheldreda Dance, The same was my Father, and has been dead 9 or 10 years It would have done me good, to render ed you any service, but know of no way of doing so —
Yrs very Respectfully Henry Dance

Huntingdon Pa Apr. 4. 1834
f
The Hon.
Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War.
Washington City.
Parker
General Office
April 16. 1834
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Huntingdon Tennessee. April 2 nd 1834.
Dear Lewis Cass. Scty of War. Washington City. Sir,
I hereby trans- -mit to the War Department, the Application of William Glewelin of this County, an applicant for a Pension; (which through a mistake was not forward- -ed on some two or three weeks ago,) I am authorized by Mr. Glewelin, to say that, he wishes a final decision of his claim in conformity to the Rules of the Department under the existing Law; as he has made every exertion to procure testimony to establish his claim, and if the case will admit of any further evidence, he is at present ignorant where to recur to in order to procure it.
With High Respect, Sir, I remain, your, Obedt, and humble Servant.
Pesse, Benton Jr. Agt & Atty for Applicant.

J. H. Lewis Carroll County Tennessee

Springfield Sumpter Feby 16 th 1834
Sir I Recd a letter from Miss Benton for a few days Back requesting me to make some enquiry of John Leon respecting your Father served as a to  capturing Revolutionary War of a Company of mounted horse Rangers men in the year 1779. 80 & 81 he says he has knowledge of his own of it but he says he allways understood that Capt. Sheldrake but has no knowledge of it himself only from information yet he don't dispute but what he done the Service.
Give my Respect to the old gentleman and his lady yourself and family well except the sacred Love Sir yours
John Hutchinson
J. Sheldrake

Amended Declaration of William Grevellin.
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Additional Amendment to the application of William Flewellin, an applicant for a Pension, under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Tennessee Carroll County. ss.
On this 13 th day of March A.D. 1834. per- sonally appeared before me Amos Lewis , an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid William Flewellin, an applicant for a Pension, under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. who being first duly sworn, deposeth, and saith:
That, in order to facilitate the investigation of the War Department, in the investigation of his claim; and in obedience to instructions received from said Department, by J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, making the requisition, "that unless the applicant can prove that he served as Captain, and Wag- gon Master he can only be allowed the pay of a private," he will respectfully state, that knowing of no persons, at the time as he imagined living, by whom he could prove, his service , and the time "and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the Regiment, company, and line, to which he belonged," — except, an aged Yabutot , of the Revolutionary Army, and who belonged to the same Regt. to which the affiant belonged, Ethebred Danc , by name, and in the who, resided in the State of North Carolina, Ashe County, and with whom this affiant had corresponded since the Revolutionary War, and John Gane , a resident now, of Robertson City, of this State, who was, at the time when this affiant was attached to Genl. Sumner's Regt., as Wagon Master, resident of Halifax County North Carolina; That, immediately upon his receiving the communication of the War Dep- =artment, he addressed a letter to Ethebred Danc, Ashe County N. Carolina, in part  he should requesting his affidavit, as to his knowledge, of affiant's services, in the Revolutionary War, in Genl.

Peterson Sumner's Regt. 3 d North Carolina Continental Line to which said DANCE belonged; that after a lapse of some weeks he Rec d . an answer to said Letter, from Henry DANCE, son, to the said Ethelred DANCE, stating that his father had been dead for 10 years. Also, that his Agent Peep Benton Junr. has addressed a Letter to Clerk of Ashe County Court, making enquiries, after Ethelred DANCE, and to procure his affidavit; A. W. Whitfield. the clerk of Ashe Co. Court, stated stated, in answer to said Letter that which said Ethelred DANCE was dead. This affiant hereby hereby annexes that Letter to him and his Henry DANCE, marked exhibit A , B And the Letter from A. Whit- field to his Agent "Peep Benton jun. or William Fifeveller", marked as exhibit B . Thus this affiant is unfortunately precluded from the testimony of Ethelred DANCE who was one of his fellow soldiers, and who served in the same tour of affiant. He further states that he has received the Affidavit of John Cone , properly authenticated as to his services in Genl. Sumner's Regt. of North Carolina, Continental Line, which is hereto append- ed. — This affiant further states that he again addressed a Letter by his Agent Peep Benton Junr. to John Hutchinson, Robertson Co. Tennese, making further enquiries of John Cone as to the affiant's services as Captain of a Volunteer Compa- ny of mounted men in Halifax Co. North Carolina, in the years 1779. 80 & 81. under the orders of Col. John Branch of said County and Brig. Genl. Allen Jones. — He states that he has since Rec d . an answer from, John Hutchinson, and John Cone who states that He always understood from information, that said affiant was, kept in service as Captain; and was engaged as such kept but that said Cone has not sent his affidavit , owing as affiant presumes, to the Rule of the War Department, which says "That, "the witness is required to set forth in his "affidavit the time of claimants entering the service, and "the time and manner of his leaving the same" — which Rule affiant, apprised said Cone of in his Letter to him.

Hutchison. Said Letter is hereto, appended and  as marked per exhibit C. This affiant further states that he has used his best endeavours to procure testimony to prove his services in the Revolutionary War, and from the information of the Death of Ethelreda Dance he is precluded from his testimony, which he mainly relied on; and that he now knows of no person, living by whom he can prove his services. And further this deponent saith not. —
Sworn to and subscribed, before me this 13 th day of March A.D. 1834.
Wm. Fleming
Amos Lewis
An acting Justice of the peace for said County of Carroll
State of Tennessee } ss Carroll County } I Edward Gwin Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Amos Lewis Esquire whose name is attached to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as the Law directs and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such and that his signature appearing above is genuine —
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Office in Huntingdon this 14 th day of March A.D. 1834 & 58 th year of American Independence.
Edward Gwin, Clerk By J.A. Hawkins, Clerk

Washburne N.C. Dec. 10th 1833 }
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Rev. Benton Jr. Esq. on Mr. William H. H. H. Huntingdon Vermont

Nashville Tn Dec. 9 th 1833
Sir, Yours of the 29 th of Oct. has this day come to hand Enquiring after Ebenezer Vance, I am Sorry to say to you that he is dead, as it is likely to deprive me of the old Revolutionary stock out of that to which I think they are so justly entitled. But I still hope that the gentle- man of whom you speak will be able to establish his claim, as I have no doubt from the statement he has given that he is entitled to a pension under the late Act of Congress.
Mr. Vance lived & died within a few miles of this place not more than three weeks  months off. He has been dead 6 or 8 years, you can inform Mr. Hewell that the old man raised a large family in credit, & that the old man always occupied a respectable stand in society, if the old man was living I have no doubt but it would all be fresh in his memory and that he would recollect all of which you speak for he was of that class of old soldiers, that are fond of fighting their battles over again and again.
Yours &c
C. J. (Whitfield)
P.S. Mr. Hewell's loan think of any other persons in this county who was with him just write me the names and he shall be very welcome to any source I can render him.

Springfield Va Decr 23
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Mr. Shadrach & Ellen Huntingdon Tennessee
Mr. Shadrach & Ellen Home

State of Tennessee
Robertson County } Personally appeared before me John Hutchinson a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid John Cond a resident citizen of said County who being first duly sworn upon and say that he resided in the County of Halifax and State of North Carolina in the year 1776, 1777 & 1778 and that he was personally acquainted with William Shuller who resided in that County & State in the year 1776 and previous thereto and that to his knowledge the said William Shuller entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war that he cannot state positively the time that he entered the service but from the best of his recollection he has reason to believe that he entered the service in the early part of the year 1776 in Halifax County North Carolina in the Third Regi- ment of North Carolina Continental line under Genl. Jethro Sumner and that said Shuller was appointed by Col. Nicholas Long of said Regiment Wagon Master to the same said Shuller as I understood was enlisted for two and a half years and that said Shuller served a good portion of said time but what length of time precisely he served he cannot recollect he recollects that said Shuller was permitted honorably to return home to Halifax County North Carolina and he believes served as much as eighteen months or perhaps longer but cannot say in the proposition and that said Shuller was believed to be a true

found to his Country and further this deponent saith not — Sworn to & subscribed John Cone before me this 21 st Dec. 1833
John Hutchinson Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that John Cone who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing is a resident of said County, and of such an age as to have a personal knowledge of the lives of the applicants and is a credible person Given under my hand in Springfield this 21 st day of December 1833
John Hutchinson
State of Tennessee Robertson County } I William Seal Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Hutchinson whose name purports to be subscribed to the foregoing certificate & attested to the foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified and qualified as such &c. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at office in Springfield this 21 st day of December 1833
W. Seal

Charleston, a few days before the Battle of Sullivan's Sullivan's Island; Here they fell under the command of General Ch. Lee. Shortly after the arrival here the Battle of Sullivan's Island took place, and part of the Regiment was engaged in it, but this Declarant was not. He declarant states that the main part of the Army to which he belonged, lay here during the summer and part of the fall; and after that proceeded to Savannah (Ga.); from thence Two years & six months. they proceeded to Halifax City (N.C.) — and after serving this time, in the duties of his Office, he returned home. —
He further states.
Sometime, that in the year 1779, He was elected by a Genl. Court Martial in the Militia, in Halifax County, to the Command of a company of Cavalry for that county; and received the appointment conferred on him. His Colonel Command was by the name of John Branch, under Brigadier General Allen Jones. — He states that he was engaged in reconnoitring the British Lines at various times, and in active duty against the Tories — always acting under the orders of Col. Branch from Brig. Genl. Jones. In the years '80 & '81 he commanded in 8 tours, of 3 months each, and had every tour had to recruit very often to keep his company up. He states that in the latter part of the year 1781, just just before the surrender of Cornwallis he was taken prisoner by a party of British & Tories, after having been wounded by a sabre on the head. He was paroled, returned home, and the close of the war. Octr. 1781. put a period to his services. —
He has now stated his different services to the United States, but will again mention them with precision, as follows. Viz. His First Tour, as a Volunteer , and appointed Wagon Master, under Colonel Peter Sumner, from Feby 1776 until August 1779, amounting to Two years & six months. — And from the time of his appointment as Captain to the command of the Cavalry in Halifax County N.C. under Col. John Branch, & Brig. Genl. Allen Jones. — from the

Amended Declaration of William Hewellin, an applicant for a pension, under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832.
State of Tennessee. } Carroll County. } ss.
Court of Pleas & quarters Sessions at September Term. Oct. 9. 1833.
On this 10 th day of September 1833. personally appeared in open court William Hewellin aged Twenty nine years on the 21 st of April last past. Who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following Amended Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
For the Amended furtherance of the Department of War in investigation of the former application made by this Declarant, William Hewellin, he begs leave to state: 1 st That at the Town of Halifax in North Carolina, (being then in his 22 nd year) he volunteered in the service of the United States, for the period of two years & a half, and at this place Colonel Nicholas Long D. M. Genl. (an neighbour of his), immediately conferred the appointment on him of Waggon Master, to the Regiment to which he belonged, to wit Colonel Peter Sumner. He further states that they left Halifax in Jan y . Feby 1776 for Wilmington, this Declarant in command of the baggage, waggons, and six cannon, double fortified sizes, from Newbern V.C. to Wilmington, same state; where they safely put the Regiment (3 d ) North Carolina Continental line, lying there under the command of Col Peter Sumner, to which he was attached. From Wilmington he states that the Regiment proceeded to Charleston South Carolina under command of Col. Sumner. Lieut. Col. William Alston Major Lockhart, and Captains William, Brinkley, and Capt. Pinck Eaton, & other Capt. Jacob Horner, & others, and that they arrived at,

William Brinkley, and Captas Pink Eaton, Armstrong , and Genl. Ch s Lee, recall the Officers whom he was acquainted with. —
6. Did you ever Receive a Commission & if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
Ans. Does not recollect whether he did or not. He was appointed Waggon Master By  Nicholas Long, Q. M. Genl but what kind of appointment, it was, does not now recollect, after a lapse of so many years. —
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. —
Ans. I can state the names of Samuel J. Asbell and Mr. John Morgan, my neighbors; besides many others. —

State of Tennessee } Carroll County } Scilicet.
I, Edward Gwin, Clerk of Carroll County Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of said Court, in the amended Declaration of William Shewellin, in the matter of his application for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at office, in Huntingdon on this 10 th day of September A.D. 1833. and in the year of American Independence the 57 th .
Edward Gwin, Clerk By Thos. A. Hawkins D.C.

Raleigh, N. C., July 13, 1939
Veterans Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly send me the pension record of William Flewellen, on 1832 list, aged 81, for service in N. C. line. In 1832 he was living in Carroll County, Tenn.
Very truly yours,
Marybelle Delamar Marybelle Delamar Box 305, Raleigh, N. C.
Recd one envelope has been written & copy read to then read list finish

Raleigh, N. C., July 13, 1939
Veterans Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly send me the pension record of James Turner, 1832 list, aged 78, for service in North Carolina line. He drew pension in Williamson County, Tenn.
not written up
Very truly yours
Marybelle Delamar
Marybelle Delamar Box 305 Raleigh, N. C.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Flick, Martin GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7125 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 26, 1796
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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.